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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Nigella's Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

When I wrote about kitchen mishaps and bad planning...this cake was part of it. This was an evening when I had dinner all planned, a quick reheat of leftovers....so I thought, I will whip up a pineapple upside down cake in a jiffy and post to I Heart Cooking Club.

I used a spring pan form and it worked out quite well. The bad planning part came in when I bought a small can of pineapple rings...only to find later it contained a scant 4 rings. Seriously....so off I went to the Dollar Store to buy another can.

Doug is not a fan of the cherries that go on the topping so, throwing caution to the wind as to the aesthetically pleasing end result, I left them off.

I WAS tempted to use these whiskey spiked tipsy cherries my son brought home. Maybe I should have....oh well..the end result tasted great, despite the absence of cherries.

19 comments:

I really like pineapple upside down cake with cherries too! I am gathering that Nigella is one of your favorite chefs,Is that plaintains that I see sticking out of a Goya box in your photo? Delicious!!!

I'm all for adding in those tipsy cherries (and I bet Nigella would agree). It looks delicious- hard to believe it goes together so quick. This is another one of Nigella's that I've always wanted to try.

I love pineapple upside down - served warm with cold cream BUT have being making it for a while (thanks to Delicious magazine) with a lime and chilli syrup in the bottom of the tin underneath the pineapple. Gob-smackingly good!!

Oh heavens Pineapple Upside Down Cake seems to be quite popular these days, some with cherries others without. However, Tina, I have never used a spring form pan before. I always have to lug out that big old Griswold for such delight. Thank you for the idea. I'll be trying it ASAP!!! Now, if I only had some tipsy cherries to share for National Cherry Month; this month!!!